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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1923
Page
3
Dispatches report Yokohama's foreign and Chinese districts largely ruined after the quake with surveys indicating hundreds of foreign deaths. Later updates showed less damage in foreign areas. The Red Cross drives in Montana and New York raise substantial relief totals for Japan.
Helena reports word from California relatives of Lawrence Zendsch and his wife perishing in the Yokohama earthquake. Lawrence, born in Marysville, Montana, served in the U S Navy and was likely on shore duty. His wife was a native of Hawaii.
Quincy Scott announced a national fund drive for flood and earthquake victims in Japan to be administered by the American Red Cross. Montana posts must send all collections to State Finance Officer J Wegener at Forsyth. Legion aid will not solicit general public gifts. instructions to posts will come by mail.
Lord Robert Cecil warned that the leagues assumed right to intervene in European crisis, stressing Britain’s view that intervention is certain and that more actions would follow. The statement underscores ongoing pressure for compromise and decisive measures amid rising tensions.
In a tense exchange County officials discuss whether gambling offenses are city or county matters. Sheriff Duggan cites city limits, while Sarles recalls the county attorney and Judge Grimes handling state cases. Sarles notes he lacked personal knowledge, relying on committee reports from church members and longtime Butte residents.
Mary Clark Calvert Kling, daughter of former Senator Clark, and Charles Potter Kling had a divorce decree vacated and the case discontinued by Justice A S Tompkins at a New York Supreme Court session. Mrs Kling, living in Paris, has returned to America and begun a new divorce suit in Portland alleging desertion.
Eldorado Arkansas September 6 Pat Marr a leading oil promoter was arrested on charges of using the mails to defraud He appeared before United States Commissioner J A McLeod at Camden and was released on a 25000 bond Federal agents say Marr ads in old weeklies hyped stock promises impossible to fulfill Marr arrived in Eldorado just over a year ago with limited funds and his holdings were valued at 6000000 last year he is said to have netted about 3200000 from promotion schemes
Pendleton Ore Sept 6 Yakima Canutt a famed cowboy visiting today flatly denied making any statement that he and 100 cowgirls and cowboys signed an agreement to recognize only New York rodeo events. He said the report caused nationwide protest and that no such offer existed.
Berlin dispatch reports thirteen people killed and fifteen injured when the Berlin Amsterdam express collided with the Dresden Amsterdam express this morning near Hanover. Emergency crews and rail officials investigate the cause as traffic and timetable disruptions ripple across routes.
The Salvation Army rushes to aid stricken Japan after Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated. It pledges all available supplies and calls for a national drive, with Montana’s quota set at 10000 dollars as part of a Western district target of 200000 dollars. Major Bree urges organized local efforts and newspaper cooperation nationwide.
In Butte after 37 years in business local dealers secured 87 pianos and 110 phonographs shipped by East coast factories at their production cost. The cooperative move aims to benefit local customers with a substantial cut-price sale backed by longstanding supplier ties.
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